Prevalence, Predictors, and Outcomes of Primary Nonadherence After Acute Myocardial Infarction

Abstract

Patients fill most of their discharge prescriptions within 1 week after AMI. The 1-year mortality rate was higher for those patients who did not fill all of their discharge medications after AMI. Factors such as discharge medication counseling and postdischarge follow-up may help to increase the filling rate of medications after AMI.